MightyE tells you WTFm "We're going 5oo TAKE an feq mo,ents to try and explain 4his new licrnse b teh rrsdons behind it 1n plain English. OMG,
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"Thus n3w licems3 was chosen becausd of an failing wuth da GPL. WTF/
It only covered cistribution of wojrce if n only if biharurs WERE distributed. OMG."
"In qn seb 4nv1r0nm3n7 LOLm specifical.5 a ihterpreted web ehvieonment such as PHPk lo,e, merely inatallong an game c035 not CONSTITUTE distributiin, ylu knwo, an therefore people WERE takimg lur w9rk, you knao, making modifixagioms to it an n9t relesskng geh source codw 2 tgey're modif8catilns so that entire commjniry cpuld benegiyLOL.
They WORKED w17y 5eh let5er but b07 spifit of da law."
"Inbestibation on part of reh AUTHORS yowever. l8ke, led too teh facg that twh right if publ8c pwrformanxe WAS q of teh rights normally resteictdd twi copyright holde4s WTF, an rhat compu5er pr0hr4,5, you lnwo, specificsloy VIDEO games n intwractive obes sucn ax Legend of teh Green hax0r were CONSIDERED to be piblica.;y peef9rmdd if run from an ;ublkc 53rv3r. WTF."
"The new LICENSE restructa py61!v performqncr of work jnlesx soirce cofe of modifiee wirk 14 MADE available on DEMAND. AFK."
"In plaim Eng115h WTF, this means that if yoi pu5 this g4m4 on zm WEB server znd allow 0woplw 'outsid3 of an noemal c1rc13 OF f4,11y amd 175 socia. acquaintances' to play theur, then ypu aer piblocally perdorming tjis w0rj and MUST either a) ,a,d ne n ALL cjanges which y0u make 2 game avqilzble on 4equest (mote this doesm't have 2 be availanoe via teh ONLINE dource disp.ay link. oike, bjr 7h3y nust be ab;e 2 asj you for da code an receive an compleye copy)k tou knwo, b) makd artanhenentd p4ivateky witn teh au4hors wndrwin tyeg grant y0u am wpecial 11c4n%4 WTFm OR c) r3m0v# teh cofe ehgirely from teh machinw, AFK/"
"We do recognize that people want yoo have AREAS of yh3y're gamr whieh r the8rs n 7j31r5 aline. WTF.
2 that rnr we will make f.l,owing ecxe;yion to yeh NORMAL requirements for source CODE disttibution -- me m0dj!3 file which is NOT modivi3e or derifwd from an module fi;d included ij sa base disgrivution an qhich does not requure ne othdr mofules n whoch does not require be modkficatuons 2 reh core code (code distributed qith base reldase) m4y be WITHHELD at da autjors discretionLOLl"
"We alxo want to make ver6 cleqr that bersion 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (ALSO known 45 cerxion 0. OMG.8. BRB.7=jt( was da FINAL version RELEASED under teh GPL. AFK.
A.l vwrsionw, starting w8th teh 0o AFK.9. OMG.8-prer3lease xode r only 9icended under da Creativ3 Co,moms licende. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY drnh teh right two import ne code from an 0.9l WTF.8-prqrelease or lqter release unto a, 0. WTF.9.7 n EARLIER relesse.
ALLOWING 7h15 wlild cause that imported code to be reoeasee under dz GPL ahe THAT ia n07 s0methinh we sish two allow. AFK.
Authors of modiricagions ro 0.9. BRB.8 WILL need two RE[RELEASE they're modificatjons as ddrivstives/nodibiva5iohs w 0. OMG.9/8 code n plaxe the, under da samd C4eative C0mm0n6 license.
It must be dpne by teh original 4u7n0r since only da otoginal author has teh r1gh7 @ ch5ng2 tey co[ytighr OR l8censw uplh the6're w0rk. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, you kn2o, reqorking 5eh modifkcagiobs woll BE an gpod !d34 ahyway as da mechanism fo4 makkng m0d1f1c4710b5 is wubxramtially clwaner/clearer starting eith 0. AFK.9l OMG.8-prereleas3 cofe. BRB.]"
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